Donna J Goes

US Patent:

7862397, Jan 4, 2011

Filed:

May 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/116827

Inventors:

Wing Keung Wally Ng - Hong Kong, HK
Donna J. Goes - Riverside RI, US
Fred D. Eddins - Mapleville RI, US

Assignee:

Hasbro, Inc. - Pawtucket RI

International Classification:

A63H 33/00

US Classification:

446 71, 446486, 446487, 446489, 40411

Abstract:

A toy or game apparatus that includes a base in the shape of a cupcake, a simulated flame structure movable between an exposed-to-view position and a hidden-to-view position within a simulated candle structure, a support structure mounted to the base with a top edge in contact with a bottom edge of the flame structure to support the flame structure in the exposed position, a reset structure having a slanted top surface to enable the flame structure to move to the support structure and have the top edge of the support structure engage the bottom edge of the flame structure, the candle structure being depressible for moving the support structure relative to the reset structure, and a spring for raising the flame structure and the support structure so that the flame structure is again exposed, is disclosed and described.